Dodgers claim Mike Baxter off waivers

Baxter, 28, hit .189/.303/.250 with no home runs, four RBI and five stolen bases in 132 at-bats with the Mets this season. He also hit .289/.380/.519 with seven home runs, 22 RBI and four stolen bases in 187 at-bats with Triple-A Las Vegas.

Mike Baxter gets a start

by Chris Cwik | CBSSports.com

(9/24/2013)Mets outfielder Mike Baxter is in the team's starting lineup Tuesday against the Reds.

Baxter will hit sixth and play right field. He's been primarily used as a pinch hitter and late inning defensive replacement. Baxter is hitting .190/.301/.250 in 116 at-bats.

Mike Baxter back for Mets

by Jeff Lippman | CBSSports.com

(9/9/2013)The Mets recalled outfielder/first baseman Mike Baxter Monday. Baxter, 28, played with the Mets earlier this season and hit .208 over 101 at-bats with four RBI.

Mets send Mike Baxter down to Triple-A

Baxter, who was 0 for 4 Sunday, has three hits in his last 30 at-bats. He hit .212 (18 for 85) in 47 games played.

Mike Baxter becomes walkoff hero

by Igor Mello | CBSSports.com

(5/7/2013)Mets outfielder Mike Baxter came through in the late stages of Tuesday's contest against the White Sox.

Baxter made a pinch-hit appearance with a runner on second base in the 10th inning. The 26-year-old slapped a walkoff RBI single to break a scoreless tie for the Mets.

Baxter has gone 2 for 3 with a run scored and an RBI in his last two games played. He is hitting .229 with two RBI in 48 at-bats.

Mike Baxter starts from the top

by Chris Towers | CBSSports.com

(4/27/2013)Mets outfielder Mike Baxter went 1 for 3 while serving as the leadoff hitter during New York's 9-4 loss to Philadelphia on Saturday. Baxter earned his second start of the season and first since April 6 in the top spot of the lineup, pushing his batting average to .235.

Over his first 18 games, Baxter has registered nearly as many walks (six) as hits (eight) for a stellar .357 on-base percentage, but remains stuck in a platoon in right field.

Mike Baxter scores twice in first start

by Ed Gauna | CBSSports.com

(4/6/2013)Mets outfielder Mike Baxter made his first start of the season on Saturday against the Marlins. He batted leadoff and went 1 for 3 with a pair of runs scored. The 28-year-old also stole a base in the 7-3 win.

"He stays within himself," manager Terry Collins told ESPN.com. "He keeps his game going. He has a very, very good knowledge of the strike zone, doesn’t go outside the strike zone, takes a base on balls. Gosh, if he was a genuine base-stealer, he’d be dangerous."

Mets' bench players to work way into lineup

by Michael Hurcomb | CBSSports.com

(4/4/2013)Mets manager Terry Collins said Thursday he will start working some of his bench players into the starting lineup this weekend against the Marlins. Among those players are outfielders Kirk Nieuwenhuis and Mike Baxter, who are both expected to get a start this weekend.

Baxter tries to catch up in battle

by Bill Passonno | CBSSports.com

(2/17/2013)Last year at this time, outfielder Mike Baxter reported to Mets camp looking to land a bench spot after appearing in just 31 total games during his first two seasons in the majors. This year, Baxter, known mainly for his remarkable catch that preserved Johan Santana's no-hitter last June, is among the candidates for the starting job in right field. For Baxter, nothing has changed. "I'm still going to come out here like I need to make the team, because I do," Baxter told MLB.com on Sunday. "That's the reality. As much as we want to pretend it's not, the reality is that you have to come in and you have to perform day in and day out. Whether I'm fighting for a starting job or a bench job, I'm going to approach it the same way I did last year, and that's just to come in and play focused baseball."